Following this discovery and the extermination of the Controller, the two programmers worked with the Doctor to defend Earth against the Daleks. He revealed an interest in his female counterpart, saying that he only signed up because she did; they briefly flirted following this. With Jack Harkness, a small group of them fought the Daleks on Floor 499. Although they managed to blind one Dalek, the female programmer was killed shortly into the conflict; shocked at her death, he angrily returned fire but left himself open to attack, and was likewise cut down by the Daleks. (TV: The Parting of the Ways)